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Stark law policies could be more vulnerable to legal challenges after the Supreme Court overturned the 40-year-old legal precedent known as Chevron deference, which said during disputes over regulation of an ambiguous law, judges should defer to federal agency interpretations…

Louisiana legislators have passed a bill limiting the length and geographical scope of noncompetes for specialty and primary care physicians, National Law Review reported July 27. 

Physician mortgages are loans designed for new or soon-to-be physicians who might struggle to qualify for other home loan programs due to their student loan debt, despite potential future income. Here are five things to know about physician mortgage loans,…

Physician shortages and increasing costs plague healthcare systems across the country. However, rural communities tend to have disproportionately less access to adequate healthcare services.

As many as nine out of 10 physicians say that prior authorization has a negative effect on patient outcomes, according to AMA’s survey of about 1,000 physicians nationwide. This can lead to negative patient outcomes, including avoidable hospitalizations and delayed…

The Department of Justice has filed a legal complaint against two medical centers for Stark law violations and submitting false Medicare claims, according to a July 26 news release. 

Mohamed Eltemamy, MD, a urologist at Cleveland Clinic, performed the first dual kidney transplant in the U.S. using a minimally invasive robotic surgery system. 

Mississippi was ranked as the worst state for healthcare in an analysis by financial management website WalletHub.

Physician shortages are impacting medical systems nationwide. 

The athlete-to-physician pipeline is not an uncommon one, with several football players and sports stars going on to attend medical school.